"Rhinoceros" is a song by American

alternative rock Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...

band

The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also referred to as simply Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band from Chicago. Formed in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, bassist D'arcy Wretzky, guitarist James Iha and drummer Jimmy Chamb ...

from their debut album, ''

Gish ''Gish'' is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band the Smashing Pumpkins, released in May 1991 through Caroline Records. Frontman Billy Corgan has variously described ''Gish'' as a "very spiritual album" and "an album about spir ...

''. It was written by

Billy Corgan William Patrick Corgan Jr. (born March 17, 1967) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and professional wrestling promoter. He is best known as the lead singer, primary songwriter, guitarist, and only permanent member of the rock band the ...

and is one of the few songs from ''Gish'' that has been performed consistently throughout the band's career. Instead of being released as a CD single, "Rhinoceros" was instead featured as the first track on '' Lull''. Corgan has mentioned that ''Lull'' is known within the band as "the Rhinoceros single".

Music video

The

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for "Rhinoceros" was one of the Pumpkins' earliest, directed by Angela Conway, who also directed the group's " Siva." There are three main sources of footage used in the video. The first batch of footage was filmed on a sound stage featuring the band members "looking bored" and playing guitars. In one part of these scenes, D'Arcy is playing with a white

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ball which appears to float, an effect that was achieved by filming the scene in slow motion and then running it backwards.

Track listing

All songs written by Billy Corgan

Charts

References

External links

* * {{The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins songs 1991 singles 1991 songs American psychedelic rock songs Dream pop songs Songs written by Billy Corgan Song recordings produced by Billy Corgan Song recordings produced by Butch Vig